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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

drifty

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
drifty
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending or seeming to drift.

adj

Abounding with driving snow or drift.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English drift Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English drifty From drift + -y.

Inflected Forms

driftier (comparative) driftiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

driftily driftiness

Questions

What does drifty mean?
Tending or seeming to drift.
Where does drifty come from?
Etymology tree English drift Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English drifty From drift + -y.

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